First Gyno Visit....VEry SCARED! Help!?

Question

TomorrowI have an appt. at the gynocologists. I am 15 and have been getting my period since I was 12. Within the past year my peirods have become very heavy and the cramps hurt really bad the first 3-4 days. It lasts 6 days and comes every 28-32 days. I skipped it in december and this month (march). What will the gynocologist do? Will it hurt? Will she put me on birth control? I am not sexually active but I heard that birth control can make your periods shorter, lighter, regular, and hurt less. Please help. Thanks

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I would feel weird though telling my mom that she said I should go on birth control.

Im sure that my parents wouldnt mind. But I just feel weird telling them. I would go in by myself. Will the doctor tell my mom that she is writing me a prescription for birth control.

Answer 1

As far as the gyn visit. You'll go in the office and sign in. There may be other women in the waiting room, some might be pregnant, don't feel awkward. Most women see these visits as a routine fact of life. When the doctor calls you in you can choose to go alone or have your mom come in with you. I would suggest having your mom come in with you, and then have her leave the room right before your exam.
The doc will talk to you, ask about sexual activity and how your periods are. Then the doc will leave the room so you can put on a paper gown that opens in the front. When the doc comes in, if it's a man by law he must have a nurse present. You will lie back and put your feet in the stirrups, which is the most uncomfortable part. The first few times I did this, I couldn't stop my legs from shaking :)
Try your best to relax your muscles below the waist. It makes a huge difference in how comfortable the exam will be. Even if you can't actually relax, try to relax your legs, butt and vaginal area. He/she will put a sheet up over your legs so you don't see exactly what they're doing. They'll put this contraption in your vagina, to hold it open. They would not open it too far as to hurt you. But they put that in to hold it open, then slide a really thin "stick" like culture swab into your vagina, so they can quickly swab your cervix area. Then they take out the thing keeping your vagina open, and you're done. They might put their fingers in there and feel around, but they use lubricating jelly so it shouldn't hurt, but it is uncomfortable.
Make sure to address ANY and ALL questions or concerns you might have!!
I find it helpful to make a small list of any questions I want to ask, because I'm always a little nervous when I'm in any doctor's office, and I always forget one or two things I meant to bring up.

As for the birth control, IF the doc thinks it's a good idea, then just tell your mom it's to help regulate your period.

Answer 2

It's very normal to be nervous, I still am and I'm 24! your dr. will probably do a pelvic exam (she inserts 2 fingers into your vagina while pressing on your stomach) to make sure she doesnt feel any fibroids growning. She may also do a pap smear (inserting a speculum into your vagina) which will allow her to take tissue and cells to make sure that everything is normal.

Birth control will regulate your periods and make them shorter, but what you really want to do is get to the cause of why your periods are irregular in the first place.

Take your mom with you inside the office that way she can ask the dr. anything you're uncomfortable asking. Since it's your first time, try discussing all your concerns with mom, that way you and her dont forget anything once you're at the gyno's.

Answer 3

What the GYN will do hurts more in the area of pride than anything else. You sit on a table and put your feet in 'stirrups 'so she can see inside...It's not pleasant, I have to warn you, but you'll get thru it.
About the cramping and such...
A diet rich in sugar, refined carbohydrates, caffeine, high in animal fat & protein and low in fibre is directly linked to cramping and heavy periods. Milk is also a huge factor. It's not just the hormones they put in it, It's the protein. (Your doctor will not agree with this, by the way, he/she went to MED school where they study MEDICINE they know little or nothing about diet/nutrition and will tell you that they are not connected...WRONG. They are TOTALLY connected) So what to do? Do you have to become a vegetarian? Well, no you don't HAVE to, but a LOT more fruits & veggies, & whole grains, & a LOT less milk, cheese yogurt, chicken, beef, & fish with help you tremendously. I promise.
Now, about those birth control pills...
I would strongly recommend you try the diet first. Long term use of birth control pills are linked to breast cancer, early menopause and a whole host of other bad stuff. Look at the big picture and take care of your WHOLE body.
If you can talk your parent's into, see a Naturopathic GYN. The whole experience is SO much more pleasant.
In good health,
Mikki

Answer 4

All women feel uncomfortable going to the OB's office, it is normal. It will be uncomfortable, but just remember that all women have endured the procedures at some point in their life. Just try and relax and think of some place other than being in the doctor's office, it will make it a lot more bearable, if you don't think too much about what they are doing. But usually the doctor will walk you through everything they are doing. So your aware of all going on.

Answer 5

The doctor will tell your mom if she gives you a prescription but if you would like, in addition after the exam you could say "I'd like to bring my mom in now so we could all talk about this" the dr. will be totally fine with this and that way the dr. could tell your mom everything and you wont have to worry doing it yourself.

And as far as what the dr will do. she will just do a pelvic exam. it might be uncomfortable so just tell her and she could try a couple different things to make you more comfortable. She will also ask you lots of questions like if you are sexually active and about your period. The whole thing probably wont last more than a couple minutes so try to relax.

Answer 6

what i did when i was young was find a foreign dr. mine was vietnamese and it wasn't so scary. i can't explain it on here, but it was just way better than going to an american man. some go to women, but they are very rough because they know what things feel like and think you can handle certain things. i had one once and it is true! the periods are normal for your age. they will lessen in the amount of days and amount of blood when you get older, generally. do not go on the pill.

go buy the book by Suzanne Somers: Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones. buy it at the book store, amazon or ebay. it will tell you that women should never take the pill.
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Birth Control Pills and Breast Cancer
November 22nd, 2006

As Dorian noted in NewsSquawk a few weeks back, a meta-analysis of breast cancer data recently revealed a statistically significant correlation between use of the contraceptive pill prior to full-term pregnancy and premenopausal breast cancer.

I finally got a moment to hop over to Procedings, the journal of the Mayo Clinic that reported on the study, and while the article itself is limited to subscribers, the editorial that offers analysis on the findings is open to all.

First off, I was amazed to read that the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health Organization, categorized the contraceptive pill as a carcinogen in 2005. Granted, I’ve been a bit baby absorbed for the last couple of years, but I cannot believe I never read this news anywhere. Did it get any press? If not, why not?

Now for the findings…it appears that women who have ever used birth control pills have a ”small but statistically significant increased risk of breast cancer”. Furthermore, use of the Pill before having one’s first full-term pregnancy is more strongly associated with breast cancer than being on the Pill after having delivered a baby. The association is even stronger where these pre-baby Pill users were on birth control pills for four years or more. (The editorial further notes, “A higher risk of breast cancer for OC use before first full-term pregnancy was first described more than 25 years ago by Pike et al…” - again, I’m very surprised that evidence linking the Pill and breast cancer has been uncovered for so long, with so little press.)....

Posted by MommaSteph.
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from Suzanne's book:

Those of us who were on the original birth control pills for any length of time were actually on synthetic hormones- strong synthetic hormones. Any wonder why women of our generation are under siege from an epidemic of breast and ovarian cancers? There is a link, and you'll learn more about it in this book.

Read on and see if you relate to my scenario: As I said, for twenty-two years, I was on synthetic birth control pills, the original ones that were very strong. I even manipulated my periods with them, if I didn't want to have a period on a particular weekend. I just didn't realize what was in those birth control pills, nor did I understand the dangers of messing with nature.

I did not realize that having only a two-day bleed meant that I was not ovulating fully. At the time, I thought it was great to have such a light period. I did not realize that the importance of ovulation in the human female body is to let the brain know that I was well, healthy, and reproductive. As far as my brain was concerned, I was not reproductive because I was not fully ovulating. An ovulating woman is a reproductive woman.

To believe that the body is not fully ovulating is a dangerous assumption for the brain to make. If the brain perceives us as unable to reproduce, its job, biologically speaking, is to try to eliminate us to make room for the reproductive ones. This is the nature in us. This is the template that was programmed in us from ancient times. Thus, this hormonal imbalance that I unknowingly put myself in was creating a backdrop for cancer. Why? Because we all have cancer in us, but as long as we are hormonally balanced, the brain perceives us as young, strong, and healthy. If we become imbalanced, this signals to the brain that the reproductive system is no longer in working order, and it is in this scenario that the cancer has a chance to come into being.

You see, cancer proliferates in an environment of hormonal imbalance. This is why I believe that Western medicine's standard of care, well-meaning as it is, is treating us incorrectly. Western medicine is looking at everything except the obvious. Western medicine is trying to poison the cancer out of us, further wreaking havoc with our hormonal systems.

Then, to prevent recurrence, we are given hormone ablation drugs such as tamoxifen or Femara, which interfere with the body's ability to read the hormones in some parts of the body. Plus, for many women these drugs cause horrible side effects. To me, it doesn't make sense to take any drug that prevents new hormones from being made in our bodies or to kill off any of the little bit of hormones we might have left. Why has Western medicine been trying to outthink nature? We are given fake hormones that don't replicate exactly what our bodies make naturally, and doctors are expecting them to work in the same way or better. It hasn't worked. Look around. Are the women you know doing well from midlife on? Most everyone has complaints, from mild to severe. No wonder women are in such bad shape.

Once you understand the importance of your brain perceiving the body as reproductive--our "brain template"--it will be easier for you to make decisions for yourself. We assume that the professionals who are taking care of us know what they are doing. But they can't know what they haven't been taught, and unless you find yourself a doctor such as the ones....